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New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
ISSN 1939-4225
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 223 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 86.8% (journal website); 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Adult and Continuing Education Topics, Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation and Higher Education Learning Practices, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The mission of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (NHA) is to promote all aspects of practice and research that explore issues of individual, group, and organizational learning, management, and culture wherever they maybe located. The journal publishes theoretical, empirical, and methodological work that … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Adult and Continuing Education TopicsSocial Sciences9.9%
- Human Resource Development and Performance EvaluationPsychology9.3%
- Higher Education Learning PracticesSocial Sciences8.4%
- Education Systems and PolicySocial Sciences7.3%
- Higher Education Research StudiesSocial Sciences6.4%
- Gender Diversity and InequalitySocial Sciences4.6%
- Reflective Practices in EducationSocial Sciences3.9%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Industrial Relations & Labor | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 122OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 22.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,002 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 45 | 12 | 42 |
| 2024 | 37 | 5 | 97 |
| 2023 | 41 | 17 | 127 |
| 2022 | 37 | 7 | 144 |
| 2021 | 40 | 8 | 260 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
223 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 86.8%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 223 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 800
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted10
- articles (editor review)ARTICLES (EDITOR REVIEW): Types of articles: invited reactions to selected articles; perspectives (on people, practice, research, and teaching); book and media …Length not stated
- editorialORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- invited reactions to selected articlesINVITED REACTIONS TO SELECTED ARTICLES The Editor in Chief (EIC) in consultation with the editorial team and author(s) of the selected article determines who to…Length not stated
- literature reviewORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- meta-analysisORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- original articleORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- original articles (double-anonymize peer review)ORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- perspectiveORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
- perspectivesPERSPECTIVES Perspectives are editor reviewed essays of a 4 to 12 double-spaced on topics relating to adult education and human resource development.Length not stated
- reviewORIGINAL ARTICLES (DOUBLE-ANONYMIZE PEER REVIEW): Types of articles: Empirical studies: qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, primary historical, and evalua…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: $800 for first print color image, $200 for every additional image. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency:Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor and Associate Editors Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 1939-4225
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
What CAS zone is New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Industrial Relations & Labor. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development?
The publisher reports about 223 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 86.8%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development is indexed in ESCI.
Is New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development open access, and what is the APC?
New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .